CVE-2020-24857

Medium

Published: 23 March 2023

Published

23 March 2023

Modified

26 February 2025

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score v3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS Score 0.0054 68.1th percentile

Risk Priority 13 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2020-24857 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Inex Ixp Manager. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 31.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Cross Site Scripting vulnerabilty found in IXPManager v.5.6.0 allows attackers to excute arbitrary code via the looking glass component.

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

inex

ixp manager

≤ 5.7.0

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-79

Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.

addresses: CWE-79

Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.

addresses: CWE-79

Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.